Ejercicio TEXTO A - Questions 1-4 · Inglés PAU Asturias Extraordinaria (2ª lengua extranjera) 2022

1. Give a general list of things any 18-year-old US 'adult' used to be allowed to do.

Solución: Driving, voting, getting married, buying alcoholic drinks, joining the army, going to war, being taken to court if they committed a crime, going to strip clubs, smoking tobacco or vaping.

2. Why did the Federal Government decide to raise the drinking age to 21? Could this exceptional measure be taken by the Government?

Solución: Even if States were free to decide, the Federal Government determined that the drinking age had to be 21 as a result of the rise of car accidents caused by drunken teenagers.

3. According to the text, do scientists have a clear opinion about when a child becomes an adult?

Solución: No, they don't. A great amount of experts claim that the majority of human brains are not fully developed until the age of 25. Almost all specialists agree that younger people show a tendency to behave with less discipline.

4. Do parents and teachers have similar thoughts about the age of adulthood?

Solución: Not quite. Parents generally set the age of majority at 18. However, teachers insist that young people lack adult skills; they also provide evidence (for example, binge drinking episodes) that young people are far from ready for adult activities.